Rodolphe Belmer, formerly CEO at Canal+ and Eutelsat, is to join French commercial PSB TF1 as Director General. The move follows the failure of the attempted merger between TF1 and fellow PSB M6. Gilles Pélisson, currently Chairman and Director General, will propose Belmer’s appointment at the company’s Board meeting on October 27th. On this date, […]
The Paris Commercial Court (Tribunal De Commerce de Paris) has dismissed public service broadcaster TF1’s complaint against pay-TV operator Canal+ aimed at restoring its channels on the TNT Sat service. On September 7th, the TF1 group summoned the Canal+ group to the Court demanding that Canal+ restore the signal of its TF1, TMC, TFX, LCI, […]
Canal+ Group has secured a range of sport rights for multiple years. Canal+ will air the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League up to 2027, the Premier League until 2025, Rugby Top 14 until 2027 and Formula 1 until 2029. Introducing the Canal+ 2022/2023 season, chairman and CEO Maxime Saada described it as a […]
French media company Canal+ has raised its stake in South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice to 26.26 per cent, up from 20.12 per cent in July 2022, when MultiChoice advised that Canal+ had acquired an additional interest in the ordinary shares of the company. In a regulatory disclosure, MultiChoice said that it remained committed to acting […]
M7 Group, the European pay-TV provider owned by Canal+ Group, has announced the appointment of Frederic Berardi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Member of the Board. Berardi will replace Ernst Jan van Rooijen who will take up the position of CFO and Member of the Board at Canal+ Poland. Over the last 11 years […]
Canal+ has applied for an urgent hearing at the Tribunal de Commerce de Nanterre (Nanterre Commercial Court) citing TF1 for monopolistic practices. This appears, in part, to be retaliation to TF1´s own complaint against Canal+ after it suspended the broadcast of its five FTA DTT channels on TNT Sat, the free of charge dish service […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 is set to file a complaint against Canal+ after the operator dropped the broadcast of its FTA channels (TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films et LCI), as part a commercial dispute. “We’re not going to lose our audience and leave our viewers without any possibility of watching our channels without replying,” […]
Canal+ has stopped broadcasting TF1 Group’s FTA channels TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films and LCI with immediate effect, following disagreements over the commercial distribution contract. For the 4.5 million subscribers to Canal+ receiving TF1 channels, the services are now replaced by a black screen with written explanations from Canal+ regarding TF1’s commercial requirements. “As […]
Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES) the physical and digital media archiving service for the entertainment industry has developed a new innovative partnership with French content producer and broadcaster Canal+ Group to digitise up to 110,000 hours of its extensive tape archive, transformed into digital content for its streaming platforms. The Canal+ tape archive, totalling approximately […]
Viaplay Group and Polish pay-TV operator Canal+ Polska have agreed a DTH distribution partnership in Poland that will make the Viaplay streaming service available to Canal+ Polska’s premium DTH subscribers across the country. Viaplay Group will also sublicense selected Premier League matches to Canal+ Polska for the next three seasons. The matches will be available […]